My photographic adventures on the other side of the world

Light in the dark

I had a good amount of time to play with my camera over the Christmas period and was able to figure out a few new things with it. These candles were standing on the dinner table and I tried to take the shot so that there would be an obvious focus gradient in the image, but not so much so that the candles would be unrecognisable. Surprisingly perhaps, the candles were not the only source of light in the room, the electric lighting was also on at a level I would refer to as ‘mood lighting’. However, by exposing for the candle flames and resolving the colours in them it makes it look as if the room was almost pitch black.